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“‘I wouldn’t expect major changes by 2018,’ FredCampbell, a former Republican FCC aide and the current director of the free market think tank Tech Knowledge, said in an interview, explaining that he believes ‘the biggest forward-looking investment that’s going to occur in the industry over the next decade is 5G.'”

“The procedures the FCC established were ‘relatively unique,’ said FredCampbell, Tech Knowledge director. ‘The 800 MHz experience does highlight factors that can make it harder to repurpose shared spectrum generally,’ Campbell said. ‘Large numbers of different licensees in a band tends to increase transaction costs, as does the presence of noncommercial licensees and other users who lack market incentives. These same factors have implications for other sharing arrangements, including unlicensed and lightly licensed.'”

“‘The Communications Act doesn’t permit the FCC to authorize jammers and the DOJ can’t change that,’ said FredCampbell of Tech Knowledge. ‘The correctional system shouldn’t have to resort to jamming to keep contraband cellphones out of prisons. If the correctional system can’t keep contraband cellphones out, how do they stop prisoners from obtaining contraband guns?'”

“‘Spectrum sharing can facilitate more intensive spectrum use in federal bands, but it’s unlikely that the Trump administration would attempt to make it the default option in the same way as the PCAST report,’ said FredCampbell, director of Tech Knowledge. ‘I expect the Trump administration will approach commercial spectrum use of federal bands on a case-by-case basis like most previous administrations.'”

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“‘I expect the agency will find that wireless carriers are effectively competitive,’ said Fred Campbell, Wireless Bureau chief under ex-Chairman Kevin Martin. ‘Monopolists don’t have to engage in price wars like the one that’s been roiling the market.'”

“The order shouldn’t be controversial, said Fred Campbell, director of Tech Knowledge. ‘The power density limits the FCC is proposing are a bit lower than the lowest limits proposed by cellular licensees, and should be sufficient to address any interference issues with respect to public safety and air-to-ground licensees in the 800 MHz band,’ Campbell said. ‘It’s long been known that cellular licensees need rules based on a power spectral density approach to deploy LTE in the band.'”

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